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Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) — Overview

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Species recognized by The Integrated Taxonomic Information System and T Orrell (custodian) in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: Annual Checklist 2009  •  Remove classification filter

IUCN threat status:

Least Concern (LC)

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This species is found in South America north of the Amazon and east of the Rio Negro (L. Emmons pers. comm.); it occurs in Venezuela, the Guianas (French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), central Brazil, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has been introduced to the Lesser Antilles; specifically Dominica, Grenada, and US Virgin Islands (Eisenberg and Redford 1999).

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